Infective endocarditis of an aorto-right atrial fistula caused by asymptomatic rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm: a case report

Asymptomatic rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is rare. A fistula following rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm may cause infective endocarditis. Here, we report a case of infective endocarditis of an aorto-right atrial fistula caused by asymptomatic rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm...

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Autores principales: Ikeda, Akihiko, Nakajima, Tomomi, Konishi, Taisuke, Matsuzaki, Kanji, Sugano, Akinori, Fumikura, Yuko, Nishina, Hidetaka, Jikuya, Tomoaki
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4870507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27180251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-016-0171-4
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author Ikeda, Akihiko
Nakajima, Tomomi
Konishi, Taisuke
Matsuzaki, Kanji
Sugano, Akinori
Fumikura, Yuko
Nishina, Hidetaka
Jikuya, Tomoaki
author_facet Ikeda, Akihiko
Nakajima, Tomomi
Konishi, Taisuke
Matsuzaki, Kanji
Sugano, Akinori
Fumikura, Yuko
Nishina, Hidetaka
Jikuya, Tomoaki
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description Asymptomatic rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is rare. A fistula following rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm may cause infective endocarditis. Here, we report a case of infective endocarditis of an aorto-right atrial fistula caused by asymptomatic rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm. A 45-year-old male, who was first diagnosed with a heart murmur at the age of 37 years, presented with fever. Blood culture was positive for Streptococcus gordonii. Ultrasound echocardiography revealed an aorto-right atrial fistula caused by rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm. After the infective endocarditis was healed by antibiotics, we successfully performed surgical repair of the aorto-right atrial fistula. Although asymptomatic rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is uncommon, it should be recognized as a possible cause of infective endocarditis.
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spelling pubmed-48705072016-06-21 Infective endocarditis of an aorto-right atrial fistula caused by asymptomatic rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm: a case report Ikeda, Akihiko Nakajima, Tomomi Konishi, Taisuke Matsuzaki, Kanji Sugano, Akinori Fumikura, Yuko Nishina, Hidetaka Jikuya, Tomoaki Surg Case Rep Case Report Asymptomatic rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is rare. A fistula following rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm may cause infective endocarditis. Here, we report a case of infective endocarditis of an aorto-right atrial fistula caused by asymptomatic rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm. A 45-year-old male, who was first diagnosed with a heart murmur at the age of 37 years, presented with fever. Blood culture was positive for Streptococcus gordonii. Ultrasound echocardiography revealed an aorto-right atrial fistula caused by rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm. After the infective endocarditis was healed by antibiotics, we successfully performed surgical repair of the aorto-right atrial fistula. Although asymptomatic rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is uncommon, it should be recognized as a possible cause of infective endocarditis. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4870507/ /pubmed/27180251 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-016-0171-4 Text en © Ikeda et al. 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
spellingShingle Case Report
Ikeda, Akihiko
Nakajima, Tomomi
Konishi, Taisuke
Matsuzaki, Kanji
Sugano, Akinori
Fumikura, Yuko
Nishina, Hidetaka
Jikuya, Tomoaki
Infective endocarditis of an aorto-right atrial fistula caused by asymptomatic rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm: a case report
title Infective endocarditis of an aorto-right atrial fistula caused by asymptomatic rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm: a case report
title_full Infective endocarditis of an aorto-right atrial fistula caused by asymptomatic rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm: a case report
title_fullStr Infective endocarditis of an aorto-right atrial fistula caused by asymptomatic rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Infective endocarditis of an aorto-right atrial fistula caused by asymptomatic rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm: a case report
title_short Infective endocarditis of an aorto-right atrial fistula caused by asymptomatic rupture of a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm: a case report
title_sort infective endocarditis of an aorto-right atrial fistula caused by asymptomatic rupture of a sinus of valsalva aneurysm: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4870507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27180251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-016-0171-4
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